From a Berkley lecture by Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor during the Clinton Administration ( Read more... )

Going to HeroCon this weekend, should be back Monday night. Looking forward to it, been a long time since I've been on a plane, and I've never visited California before.

http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0393071030/sciencefriday/

Heard about this on NPR. This is just a placeholder to remind me to pick up a copy.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/16/opinion/16friedman.html?emc=eta1Read more... )

This has serious potential. Anything that allows for more efficient recycling is a good thing.

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Envion said its new generator can consume any type of plastic and convert it into synthetic oil; depending on the type of plastic, one ton can be converted into three to six barrels of fuel. Envion said it costs about $10 to convert the plastic ( Read more... )

From time to time I like posting links to articles if they represent a technology that I think is truly revolutionary. I'm not talking about things like the next iPhone or the hot new social networking site. I'm talking about things like power generation and energy efficiency ( Read more... )

This movie is suprisingly good. Frankly, between Marlon Wayans, the internation political situation for the last eight years, and some squirrely costume and script choices it didn't look good for the movie. The movie ends up being like the more outrageous James Bond movies that you had in the 60's, where the bad guys had the Giant Volcano/ ( Read more... )

There have been a lot of things happening but I wanted to put out something to show that I'm still alive ( Read more... )

Going to be gone until mid to late monday for Otakon. I'll be working the panels department again this year.

Here where I'll be working:

2PM to 6PM panel 6 friday

11AM to 2PM panel 4 Saturday

10AM - 12PM panel 6 Sunday

I'll probably be around the con as needed or not. I'm taking my utility belt with me again this year since it's so useful

First impressions: This movie is a mess of filmmaking and not in a good way ( Read more... )